Supernaturalist Ballads


Most of the ballads listed below are taken, with permission, from The Digital Tradition website.

(See also Selections from English and Scottish Popular Ballads for supernaturalist ballads from Child's collection.)

"American Woods"
"As I Went by the Luckenbooths"
"Beautiful Susan"
"The Bogle Bo" (Bugaboo)
"The Cruel Ship's Carpenter"
"The Dreadful Ghost"
"The Flying Dutchman"
"Gentleman of Exeter"
"The Ghost of Bras D'Or"
"The Ghost of Tom"
"The Ghost of Willie-O"
"Ghostly Crew"
"Ghostly Crew" II
"Ida Lewis"
"Imaginary Trouble"
"Jimmy and Nancy"
"The Knight's Ghost"
"Lady Howard"
"The Lady of Skin and Bone"
"Lost Jimmy Whelan"
"Lost Jimmy Whelan 2"
"The Maid's Conjuring Book"
"Maurice Kelly"
"Mary's Dream"
"Meg Drummond"
"A Mighty Ship was the Gundremar"
"Miss Bailey"
"Molly Bawn" (Polly Vaughn 2)
"Molly Malone"
"Murder of Maria Martin"
"My Good Old Man"
"Nightingale" (Wreck)
"Pat O'Brien"
"The Ship's Carpenter"
"Susannah Clargy"
"Tom Pierce" (Tam Pearse)





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